To spot, detect, recognize, capture, or see something or someone having been unknown, invisible, obscured, too distant, or otherwise not found before.
To encounter something by accident or after searching for it.
An object which has been found during an archaeological excavation.
To see, discover or determine something, unclear, distant or hidden, by looking carefully.
To come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost.
To establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study.
To make a discovery, to make a new finding.
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"
after a calculation, investigation, experiment, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Darwin found many new species on the Galapagos Islands"
a productive insight
the act of discovering something
become aware of who one is and what one wants to do in life; "My son went to Berkeley to find himself"
succeed in reaching; arrive at; "The arrrow found its mark"
perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place; "I found myself in a difficult situation"; "When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room"
obtain through effort or management; "She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents"; "We found the money to send our sons to college"
come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds: "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?" "I cannot find my gloves!"
get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"
receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"
get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty"
perceive with any or all of one's senses; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; give rise to or be characterized by; "The 1960 saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"
accept and make use of one''s personality, abilities, and situation; "My son went to Berkeley to find himself"
come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn''t like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You''ll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "I want to see results"; "The 1960 saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see
come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"
accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
receive a specified treatment (abstract)
come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
make a discovery
establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
decide on and make a declaration about
make a discovery, make a new finding
succeed in reaching; arrive at
perceive or be contemporaneous with
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
obtain through effort or management
get something or somebody for a specific purpose
get or find back; recover the use of
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
